(11-14-2023, 09:45 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(11-14-2023, 09:38 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Right. So, time to earn your weight in gold as a coaching staff, no? 

Nobody wants to hear that [BLEEP], man. You know that. There's plenty of other teams out there right now hovering around .500 or staying just above it with similar issues or deficiencies. 

They're either depleted in the trenches and figuring it out with their skill position group or they're depleted at the skill position group and relying on their trenches to get it done.

According to this article, we're the 20th worst ranked offensive line in the NFL.

2023 NFL Midseason Offensive Line Rankings (the33rdteam.com)

Raiders are 5 - 5 now and 2nd in the AFC West. Broncos just upset the Bills last night. Steelers are 6 - 3. Commanders have the leauge's leading passer in yardage. Saints are 5 - 5 and leading the NFC South. 

All of those teams above have lesser ranked offensive lines than we do. So, again, figure it the hell out. We have just as much, if not, better skill position groups and a better offensive staff than some of those teams do. Along with a QB that's supposed to be "him" as the kids say these days.

So, let's [BLEEP] go.

I just hope Trevor and ETN survive the season and we get them some help for next year.

They can. If the staff starts trying to protect them more with additional layers of blockers and adequate rotational efforts being made with Johnson, and, *gulp* Bigsby. LOL.

It is what it is man. I didn't expect a magical, deep play-off run with us blasting every opponent on the schedule this year. It's just been a bit of a mind [BLEEP] with how lack luster the offense has been and how good the defense has been. 

You have to take in the bad with the good, and, sometimes ugly. It very well may come down to using Strange and Farrell as additional blockers to help out in pass protection and it might be something we need to do the majority of the time while also getting crafty and taking some chances here and there with the usual stuff they try to run conceptually. 

By all accounts, from what's been shared here with articles, etc. As bad as the line has been, there's also been some problems with creativity and getting the most out of your investment made in Ridley. Lack of motion, lack of moving things around and trying to get a defense to move off it's block or get a little uncomfortable out there. 

We'll see. It's the midway point. Eight games left. Either Doug continues to trust Press and this group of players to "execute" offensively or he'll snap out of it and start cooking again as the play caller. Some guys just don't know how to call a good offense in spite of issues. Some guys don't have a good feel or sense of the game at times.

Doug's past is starting to catch up to him. Hope he learns from it this weekend instead of after the damage is done. We can stop the bleeding now.

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